A controversial documentary about convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius on ESPN’s 30 for 30 series will soon debut on South African television screens. According to CapeTownNetC, the four-part documentary series will premiere weekly on DStv from November 19th at 8 P.M….
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#ShutItDown: Ongoing Namibian Protests Call for End to Gender-Based Violence
According to EWN, Namibian youth have been charging the country with protests dubbed #ShutItDown since last week Friday. This follows the discovery of a missing woman’s body not far from her house in Walvis Bay this past Tuesday. In April…
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Koleka Putuma Releases Sonic Experience for ‘Collective Amnesia’
Koleka Putuma has returned with the release of an audio book for her successful debut anthology, Collective Amnesia. The outspoken South African poet, queer feminist and theatre practitioner returns with her unique voice to add a sonic experience to her…
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Tunisian President Calls for Death Penalty Following Murder of Young Woman
Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced legislation reinstating the death penalty for murderers. This announcement follows public outrage after the death of a 29-year-old Tunisian woman whose lifeless body was found in a ditch in Ain Zaghouan. President Saied’s call…
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‘Stop Killing Us’: A Visual Short Story of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide
In his latest photo-series titled Stop Killing Us, Zambian photographer Alex Kamutondole offers up a poignant visual short story that captures the haunting cycle of violence facing women in the country: vulnerability, fear, protest, acceptance, surrender and death. South Africa’s…
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Woman Who Accused D’banj of Rape Denies Being Arrested
In a series of now deleted tweets, user ‘Aunt Seyitan’ (real name Seyitan Babatayo) accused Nigerian artist D’banj of sexually assaulting her in a Lagos hotel room in 2018. The woman described the event in detail two weeks ago, sparking…
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#JusticeForUwa, Nigerians Demand Answers for Student Killed in Church
Nigerians are fed up with the prevalent and continued gender-based violence in the country and are rallying online under the banner of #JusticeForUwa. Those who are on the ground have already begun to mobilise crowds in order to protest. Recently,…
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